New Site!

I've been working on a new design for the Treeh's Treats site for months. I started very slowly earlier in the year and only recently have been working many late nights to finish it up. So, how do you like it?

It definitely does more of the things I've wanted it to do, and is more easy to navigate.

It was also really fun to write up descriptions for all the baked goods. I found myself laughing out loud at some of them (or maybe it was because it was so late at night). My husband called me crazy. That's not something new.

Anyway, as I try out new recipes (ooooh nuts, I can almost taste you!) and perfect them, they'll make their way onto the menu. You'll hear more about my experimenting right here.

Enjoy!

Thoughts on Fondant

I've worked with fondant a few times. A few. It's really easy to work with (a lot easier than I had initially thought), and it makes things look soooo pretty...HOWEVER, let's be honest. Who really likes eating fondant? Do you know anyone who actually likes the stuff? I admit I didn't eat the fondant from our wedding cake. I didn't eat the fondant from the cakes and cupcakes I've made with fondant on them. BUT, I did eat the frosting UNDER the fondant. I ate the sweet butter creams and the smooth cream cheese frostings. Yum. And I'm not even a lover of frosting.

So, while I do understand the need for an aesthetically pleasing treat, I prefer to place the emphasis on the quality of the taste than the appearance. That doesn't mean I won't take an occasional order for something with fondant on it. ;)

Going nutty

I'm dying to bake with nuts. All the concoctions in my head are nut-based, only I can't try them out because I'm on a nut-free diet for the next few months (and have been for 8 months now). I could try them, but then I can't eat them myself and well, who wants really wants to bake and not eat what they baked, right?

So, I haven't been able to experiment as much as I'd like and instead have been experimenting with my cooking instead. Much to my husband's excitement, I've been cooking all sorts of different stuff, only going back to my old repertoire of stuff occasionally. I should have taken pictures of all the stuff I've been cooking...so maybe I'll start doing that now.

Happy Halloween!!!

Club cupcake?

I've been reading more and more about bacon on cupcakes. Apparently they're quite tasty. I'm not sure what they'd taste like, but I'm curious. Maybe it's the salty and sweet thing that makes them so delicious. Maybe I'll try 'em out.

Experimenting

I've been experimenting with a few recipes in recent weeks. One of them is Congo Bars, also known as Brookies. Essentially, they're a brownie and chocolate chip cookie in one. Dee. Lect. A. Bull.

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Cupcake revolution

Cupcakes have been around forever. Or, at least they've been around since I was a kid, which was over 20 years ago. I'm sure they were around way before that too. I had my first cupcake in junior kindergarten. A classmate's mother brought them for her birthday.

Having said this, for the past few years, I've found it strangely interesting that cupcakes have only really taken off in recent years. People everywhere have been looking to make the best, most beautiful, most creative ways to make a cupcake.

I, personally, find the most simple ones to be good. It's one thing to have a pretty cupcake, decked out to the max that you don't really wanna eat it, and another to have one that is delicious (and another to have one that is pretty AND delicious!). I have two in my fridge right now that I haven't eaten because they're so pretty. I think I just might go raid the fridge and eat one in a few minutes.